Native Americans

ABC. (INDIAN) ALPHABET BOOK. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press 1969. Oblong 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4"), printed wraps, Fine. Every page illustrated by students at the Kettle Point School, operated by the Dept. of Indian Affairs. Illustrated in black and white with naive charm. This edition was issued in... More

CLARK,ANN NOLAN. LITTLE HERDER IN SUMMER. U.S. Office of Indian Affairs (1942). Obl. 4to, pict. cloth, 126p., VG+. Written in English and NAVAJO and wonderfully illus. in brown line by native American artist HOKE DENETSOSIE a full blooded Navajo who depicts life of the Navajos in the 1940's. Fascinating. See... More

FABLES. DOCTOR COYOTE: A NATIVE AMERICAN AESOP'S FABLES retold by John Bierhorst. NY: Macmillan (1987). 8 1/4 x 10 1/4", cloth backed boards, as new in as new dust wrapper. 1st edition, 1st printing with 1-10 code. Retold from an Aztec manuscript written when an early copy of Aesop found... More

GOBLE,PAUL. GIRL WHO LOVED WILD HORSES. Scarsdale: Bradbury Press (1978). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4"), cloth, Fine in VG dust wrapper (dw one closed tear, with seal). 2nd printing, CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. The story is about a Native American girl who left her family to be with the wild... More

HOLLING,HOLLING C. LITTLE BIG-BYE-AND-BYE written and illustrated by Holling. Joliet:VOLLAND (1926 fifth ed.). 8vo, pictorial boards, several margin mends and corners rubbed, VG. A VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK. An Indian story set in the pueblos, illustrated with magnificent and stunning color illustrations throughout. A scarce Volland title.More

HOLLING,HOLLING C. LITTLE BIG-BYE-AND-BYE written and illustrated by Holling. Joliet: VOLLAND (1926). 12mo, pictorial boards, light cover soil, VG+. Stated first printing of this VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK. An Indian story set in the pueblos is illustrated with magnificent and stunning color illustrations throughout.More

HOLLING,HOLLING C. PADDLE TO THE SEA. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1941 (1941). 4to, cloth, tiny edge stain on a few pages else VG in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. The story of a Great Lake Indian voyage is beautifully illustrated in color by Holling. Caldecott Honor.More

INDIANS. AS LONG AS THE GRASS SHALL GROW: INDIANS TODAY by Oliver La Farge. NY: Alliance Book / Longmans Green (1940). 7 x 10" cloth, as in all copies there is offsetting on endpaper, previous owner bookplate, clean and VG+ in dust wrapper with old tape mark on rear edge... More

INDIANS. (DEMING) INDIANS OF THE WIGWAMS by Therese Deming. Chicago: Whitman 1938 (1938). 5 1/2 x 7 1/2", cloth, 239p., fine. First edition of the fifth title in the Deming's Indian Life Series, this featuring the Leni-lenape tribe and stories about their history. Illustrated by Edwin Deming with 30 full... More

INDIANS. (DEMING) RED PEOPLE OF THE WOODED COUNTRY by Therese Deming. Chicago: Laidlaw (1932). 8vo, cloth, 191p., fine in chipped dust wrapper. The adventures of 2 little Indian boys written by Therese Deming who lived with Indians during her writing career. Illustrated by Edwin Deming with 40 full page color... More

INDIANS. FOLKLORE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY compiled by Judith Ullom. Wash: LC, 1969. Small 4to, pict. cloth, 126p., ink mark on one leaf else Fine. A general background is followed by the bibliography (which includes children's editions) arranged geographically, illustrated, index.More

INDIANS. GILCREASE-HARGRETT CATALOGUE OF IMPRINTS compiled by Lester Hargrett. Norman: Univ of Oklahoma Press, (1972). 4to, cloth, 400p., Fine in dw. An annotated bibliography of the Gilcrease Institute's collection of printed materials on American history with a wealth of material on Indians.More

INDIANS. GOLDEN PLAY BOOK OF INDIAN STAMPS by Sonia Bleeker. NY: Simon & Schuster 1954. 4to, pict. wraps, fine and unused. Authentic stories about Indian liife illus. with 48 full color picture stamps designed to be glued into the stories, and with 48 line drawings to color by Walter Kumme.More

INDIANS. PRIMER FOR THE USE OF THE MOHAWK CHILDREN, To acquire the Spelling and Reading of their own, as well as to get acquainted with the English Tongue. Waerighwaghsawe Iksaongoenwa Tsiwaondad - derighhonny Kaghyadoghsera [by Daniel Claus]. London: C. Buckton 1786. 24mo (5 1/2 x 4"), 98p., original tree calf... More

INDIANS. (READER) LITTLE HERDER IN AUTUMN * IN WINTER by Ann Clark. U.S. Office of Indian Affairs (1950). Obl. 4to, pict. wraps, 199p., fine. Two books in one, written in English and NAVAJO and wonderfully illus. in black and white by native American artist HOKE DENETSOSIE a full blooded Navajo... More

INDIANS. THE SLIM BUTTE RACCOON by Ann Nolan Clark. U.S. Office of Indian Affairs (1942). Oblong 10 x 7", 81p., edge of cover slightly soiled else fine. Presumable first edition listing this title as "To Be Published in 1942." The text is written in both English and DAKOTA and is... More

(MCDERMOTT,GERALD)illus. ARROW TO THE SUN. NY: Viking (1974). Oblong 11 1/4 x 9 3/4", cloth, Fine in dust wrapper that is frayed at top of spine, crease on back panel, not price clipped, with award medal. 3rd printing. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. This Pueblo Indian tale was adapted by McDermott and... More